Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [AI] fyi PWDs may now buy assistive devices online
No, I haven't misunderstood, Madhumitha.As you rightly said Organizational and universities are doing so well in Delhi and not in most of the other regions. I think in Delhi, it's our own friends with blindness who pushed authorities to work effectively. And all of us should do the same in our own regions.Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5COn 09-Dec-2014, at 00:13, Madhumitha <[email protected]> wrote:I think you've misunderstood what I was trying to say. We do have NAB and NFB and few more associations in my state. Still, those aren't active as delhi branches are. Whether the government will hear what we are asking for? Have you ever seen any of the universitiies giving additional previlidges for disabled people like jawarharlal university in delhi? Have you ever seen any audible traffic signal other than delhi? Likewise, I always wondered why they are giving higher priority for capital alone? it's for easy attraction? I'm not sure of the disabled population in delhi though.----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]>To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled." <[email protected]>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [AI] fyi PWDs may now buy assistive devices onlineMadhumitha -Which part of India do you live? Rather waiting for someone to provide something, why not we ask local organisations? If they are working efficiently, why not we question them and make them accountable?Also, I think each one of us get involved actively among local organisations.Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5COn 08-Dec-2014, at 18:51, Madhumitha <[email protected]> wrote:I'm glad to hear this. On the other hand, I'm really sad to see whatever facilities/concessions/provisions/implementations are being given to the disabled, either by the government or by the non-governmental organisation, it's being given only in delhi alone.They must realise that disabled people are not only in delhi. I can say saksham for an example, if they are giving some lones or some new product, they are just telling it's only for delhi living people. Likewise, most the good things are being given to the delhi alone. Let them give priority to the delhi people. But it has to be given to all. It's my personal view. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nilesh Bendre" <[email protected]> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.'" <[email protected]>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 4:42 PM Subject: [AI] fyi PWDs may now buy assistive devices onlineIndeed some positive step . PWDs may now buy assistive devices onlineNEW DELHI: Persons with Disabilities may no longer have to wait for publiccamps in their localities to purchase assistive devices, as these would now be delivered at their door steps with just a click of a button.The government is planning to rope in e-retailers to sell assistive productsto Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) by linking its web-portal, consisting of directory of such products, with online retailers. The PWDs can then buy it online. It would also open the window of convenience shopping for the differently-abled people since they can compare the specifications of products by different manufacturers."We would be soon linking our recently launched web-portal comprising thedirectory of aids and assistive devicesfor PWDs with online retailers. Differently-abled persons can compare theproducts from different manufacturers and place orders," Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment told PTI. The web-portal, launched few days ago, is an interactive website, www.swavlamban.info which contains a list of different assistive technology productsbeing sold in the country and a few internationally available products.An initiative of the Department of Disability Affairs, the portal has acollection of products required for people suffering from Autism, Cerebral Palsy, hearing, speech and visual impairments and multiple disabilities.Presently, differently-abled people are left with limited options to buydevices such as camps organised by the ministry in different parts of the countryor by visiting the institutes run by the ministry, where such products areavailable.This is an ordeal for them in the backdrop of difficulties in mobility andtime consumed for delivery of products, officials said. "For instance, if a visually impaired person wants to buy a low vision device from National Institute for the Visually Handicapped,he has to travel all the way to Dehradun. But, once the e-commerce facilityis being activated with the website, it will be just a click of a button," they said.Official sources further said that Aadhar card would be made mandatory foravailing the products through the web portal, in a bid to ensure that the devices that are sold reach the right persons. 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